Berkeley researchers trained this robot in squirrel jumping (VIDEO)

University of California - Berkeley

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UC Berkeley researchers modified a one-legged robot, called Salto, to jump from one branch-like perch to another using principles derived from studies of leaping squirrels.

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Video by Patrick Farrell, UC Berkeley. Video footage by Justin Yim, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.

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